viscount pop top

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hi, I own a viscount pop top with the chassis number V6253 can someone help as to how old it is.all help is appreciated thanks

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I'm fairly sure that's 76 but someone else maybe able to confirm

[Mustang]

There is a thread here (somewhere) may be on the vintage caravan site, about Viscount years of manufacture, as Mat suggests yours appears to be 76 as that period started their year with a year prefix.
Our van is registered as a 1975 but the number starts with a 7 making it a 1977.

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Thanks for the info, but I'm a bit confused. According to the rego papers it's a 1982 model and I now know that the old man bought it brand new in 1982. Maybe he bought old stock or something.

[Mustang]

One of the members here has a handle on Viscount years of make, Ill try & find the info for you.

[Mustang]

Jan 4, 2015 7:56:44 GMT 10 Mustang said:

One of the members here has a handle on Viscount years of make, Ill try & find the info for you.

Here is some good Viscount info:

Viscount History

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Jan 3, 2015 9:23:35 GMT 10 @startrecker said:

Thanks for the info, but I'm a bit confused. According to the rego papers it's a 1982 model and I now know that the old man bought it brand new in 1982. Maybe he bought old stock or something.

Unfortunately rego papers can be wrong or misleading.  I know in Victoria if a vehicle has not been registered (car or otherwise) for more than ten years they no longer have a record of it.  With a car or truck it is easy as the vehicle came with a build plate which give them all the information.  Back when your van was built there was no build plates for the trailers as as such the rego normally got given best guess or current year.  When we got our van the last rego sticker was still on the window.  it listed it as a 0000 Newhome caravan.  The only reason it was listed as a Newhome was the sticker placed on the roof.  After losts of investigation and may picture trawling I found out it was a Capricorn built van but still did not know the date.  I guessed it to be a 1972 but when removing the ply paneling found a 1974 stamp.  so when it gets registered this ime it will have a 1974 Capricorn caravan on the rego papers.  Definitely do not take the rego papers as correct.

Cheers

Tim

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Thanks for the info. It needs a bit of TLC so that might give some indication as I get into it. John

[atefooterz]

G`Day startrecker, my van chassis number is said to be 1975, rego is 1077 so i call it a 1976 model haha! (until i find some lucky dates inside behind somewhere)